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To think Kit Kat Club would be ok for a tween?

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 15:36

sorry Cabaret the Musical at Kit Kat club! It won’t let me amend the title.

Have tried reading reviews but am no further forwards. Aimed at 13+ but so are some of her other favourite musicals and they weren’t inappropriate at all (for context, favourite ever was Moulin Rouge - the blurb makes the vibe sound as though it’s in line with this but this isn’t something I want to get wrong). She is 12.

I would be so grateful for honest perspectives - risqué dance routines etc absolutely fine - graphic discussions of sex are absolutely not fine. Please spell this out for me if you have seen it?

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TheaBrandt · 20/07/2024 17:54

She will learn all about oral sex if she goes to that play which is not great for a 12 year old girl! I would be slightly aghast if I saw a child
that age there tbh. Go with a mate op

BeaRF75 · 20/07/2024 17:51

It's nothing like the Liza Minnelli movie version. Much darker and sleazier
I've seen the current show twice, and loved it, but not sure I would take an under 16.
There is some sexually explicit content, of course.
But I'd be more concerned that the second half (in particular) is rather bleak and chilling. It's a good history lesson, for sure, but this is NOT a jolly musical and you would need to be sure that your child is robust enough to handle the content.

(If you want something that has great tunes, with no age issues, go to "Guys and Dolls" at The Bridge Theatre).

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:47

L0bstersLass · 20/07/2024 17:30

Ah, I'd overlooked the fact you're looking for Broadway.
I know it's not a muscical, but have you seen The Play that Goes Wrong?
Highly recommended. Have seen it with tweens and grand-parents and all thought it was brilliant. It's very, very funny.

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We LOVE musicals and honestly plays don’t appeal at all.

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Mamtorr · 20/07/2024 17:39

It's about the rise of the Nazis and at the end
The cast usually die in a concentration camp scene. It's not appropriate for children at all

ibelieveshereallyistgedevil · 20/07/2024 17:38

This was my favourite show and movie when I was 9 or so and it hasn’t done me any harm!

Although I haven’t seen this particular production yet… but in principle Cabaret is fine for a 12 year old.

Octavia64 · 20/07/2024 17:35

Not Broadway but if she likes studio Ghibli then Totoro is back in London next year. Just booked tickets.

I loved spirited away which O just saw last month.

Second Hadestown, I loved it.

ChimneyPot · 20/07/2024 17:32

What about Sweeney Todd?

L0bstersLass · 20/07/2024 17:30

Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:22

It isn’t on on Broadway but I have been umming and aaahing over seeing it in London. I’m just not sure I ‘get it’.

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Ah, I'd overlooked the fact you're looking for Broadway.
I know it's not a muscical, but have you seen The Play that Goes Wrong?
Highly recommended. Have seen it with tweens and grand-parents and all thought it was brilliant. It's very, very funny.

Ionacat · 20/07/2024 17:28

How about Chicago? It looks like it is on Broadway at the moment and it’s not nearly as explicit as Cabaret. I’d take my 13 year old unless they’d done something with the production!

NotEvenTheRainHasSuchSmallHands · 20/07/2024 17:27

Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:25

I’ve just had a look, it’s in London until mid Sept and you’re right I think we would both really enjoy it. I’m going to see if we can squeeze it in over summer

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You'll have a brilliant time, OP! And now I've got 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare' stuck in my head, LOL...

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:25

NotEvenTheRainHasSuchSmallHands · 20/07/2024 17:21

If you haven't seen Kiss Me Kate, it's a great show (one of my favourites, in fact!) and totally appropriate for a tween. Really fun; I think she'd enjoy it. The film's great, too!

I’ve just had a look, it’s in London until mid Sept and you’re right I think we would both really enjoy it. I’m going to see if we can squeeze it in over summer

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Spirallingdownwards · 20/07/2024 17:24

Soontobe60 · 20/07/2024 15:42

It’s quite sexually explicit according to a friend who took her 18 year old and his girlfriend. She’s not at all embarrassed about such things but found parts very uncomfortable to watch.

How odd. I wouldn't have described it that way at all. Some "risqué " dance moves but not overtly sexually explicit and certainly nothing to worry an 18 year old .

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:22

L0bstersLass · 20/07/2024 17:21

Starlight Express is brill.

It isn’t on on Broadway but I have been umming and aaahing over seeing it in London. I’m just not sure I ‘get it’.

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NotEvenTheRainHasSuchSmallHands · 20/07/2024 17:21

If you haven't seen Kiss Me Kate, it's a great show (one of my favourites, in fact!) and totally appropriate for a tween. Really fun; I think she'd enjoy it. The film's great, too!

L0bstersLass · 20/07/2024 17:21

Starlight Express is brill.

OhGingleBells · 20/07/2024 17:20

Once upon a mattress? The great gatsby? Or go for a play instead. Our Town is opening soon. Great play and stars Jim Parsons so is bound to be brilliant!

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:18

PercyGherkin · 20/07/2024 17:05

just what I was going to say, it seems a real shame to go to Broadway to see something that’s on in London!

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Totally missed them - they are on when we go! 🎉

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:14

TheaBrandt · 20/07/2024 17:05

Dear Even Hanson?

Finished on Broadway in 2022 🥹

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OhGingleBells · 20/07/2024 17:13

I loved Cabaret, but I don’t think it’s a great choice for a 12 year old. My not normally shocked by anything mum was a bit shocked by it (!) so it’s probably not really suitable. I imagine it will run for a good while yet so wait and go once she’s a bit older!

ReframeFeelings · 20/07/2024 17:11

I enjoyed the Bodyguard!

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:10

PercyGherkin · 20/07/2024 17:05

just what I was going to say, it seems a real shame to go to Broadway to see something that’s on in London!

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I totally agree but when I looked there were none of these showing (Oct 24).
We were originally booked for summer 2020 (cancelled for obvious reasons) and there was so much on then that wasn’t running in London, and I was so excited. Lots of these are now in London and to be honest the list I found for October was pretty depressing.

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OhGingleBells · 20/07/2024 17:09

Kiss Me Kate at the Barbican!! Fab, fab show.

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Bedroomdilemmas113 · 20/07/2024 17:06

RedHelenB · 20/07/2024 16:33

At 13 I think she should be old enough and should know about unplanned pregnancies, the anti semitism and rise of Hitler. I'd let her.

She will be just 12.

She does know about Hitler, the Nazis and antisemitism and I have no issue with her understanding what abortion is but I definitely draw the line at simulated sex and masturbation 🤣.

I am so glad I asked this question!

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TheaBrandt · 20/07/2024 17:05

Dear Even Hanson?

SeatonCarew · 20/07/2024 17:05

Threeweeksold · 20/07/2024 16:36

It’s very sexualised. The dancers come right up to you and are very provocative, not to mention the masturbation. I think it might embarrass a teen.

I think it might embarrass me!